Most important game designers - General Discussion

#1 Posted by kamolahy (103 posts) - 1 year, 14 hours ago

Trying to make a list. Who are the most important game designers of all time, according to Giant Bomb. If you can, list names and notable works or contributions.

I'm working on a design piece and this is relevant.

#2 Posted by Dagbiker (6368 posts) - 1 year, 13 hours ago

Sid Meyer

Alexey Pajitnov

#3 Posted by TekZero (2585 posts) - 1 year, 13 hours ago

Warren Spector.

#4 Posted by Video_Game_King (29329 posts) - 1 year, 13 hours ago

Shigeru Miyamoto? Also, didnt' GT do something on this? As in "this"?

#5 Posted by kamolahy (103 posts) - 1 year, 13 hours ago

Nice stuff from GT. I'd like as many names as possible.

#6 Posted by c0l0nelp0c0rn1 (1648 posts) - 1 year, 13 hours ago

Sid Meier is the beginning and end of important game designers.

I mean Will Wright, also.

#7 Posted by MordeaniisChaos (5731 posts) - 1 year, 13 hours ago

All of them. And certainly not Kojima.

#8 Edited by onan (1225 posts) - 1 year, 13 hours ago

wouldn't compiling a list of "as many names as possible" be counter-productive to compiling a list of "the most important game developers of all time?

Ralph Baer.

John Carmack.

(Important is a far cry from "best," or "most impressive," btw.)

#9 Posted by kamolahy (103 posts) - 1 year, 13 hours ago

@onan: Not necessarily. I'm going to be editing as much as possible. People disagree on certain developers for their own reasons, but even some younger and more modern developers have specialties that are relevant. Even if they have learned from the masters before them, there's a lot of them doing refined and iterative work that is important and has things to learn from. That's why a comprehensive list will help me draw those lines and see the pedigree of these ideas and their implementation.